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When Regedit is started (manually or by Registry Jumper), it displays the last opened registry key. How to prevent Regedit from restoring last location and reduce time of Regedit startup?

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When Regedit is started (manually or by Registry Jumper), it displays the last opened registry key. How to prevent Regedit from restoring last location and reduce time of Regedit startup?

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Regedit saves last state in the registry key LastKey in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit. Microsoft has article HOW TO: Prevent Regedit.exe from Using the Last State describing how to disable it.